HyperDic: venus[s_girdle

English > 1 sense of the expression Venus's girdle:
NOUNanimalVenus's girdle, Cestum venerisctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
English > Venus's girdle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body.
SynonymCestum veneris
Member ofCestum, genus CestumVenus's girdle
Broaderctenophore, comb jellybiradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

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